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The explicit question Bromwich poses to the class about what Dante offers that an observational writer like Shakespeare does not.
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reader satisfaction
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "so um um it's 10 o 'clock and it's very late where Professor Bromwich is so um Professor Bromwich before we conclude do you..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "so um um it's 10 o 'clock and it's very late where Professor Bromwich is so um Professor Bromwich before we conclude do you..."
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By asking the class what satisfaction Dante gives that Shakespeare lacks, Bromwich frames Dante as offering something bound up with overt religion rather than merely stronger plotting or characterization.
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"so um um it's 10 o 'clock and it's very late where Professor Bromwich is so um Professor Bromwich before we conclude do you..."
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"...you so let me ask you what is what kind of satisfaction do you have from reading Dante that seems quite special and absent..."
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"religious um writer like Shakespeare wow okay so guys that's a question for you guys what is unique about Dante anyone okay back there..."
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A source-grounded reading of a five-hour hybrid workshop that begins with Macbeth and ends by turning Purgatory, free will, tragedy, envy, and generosity into one model of human transformation.
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